oscars awards, Awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, They are highly regarded in the film industry. The Academy, made up of nearly 10,000 members, rewards different aspects of the film industry, beyond just films and shows.
Since 1929, more than 3,000 people have received a statuette. but, Lack of diversity has been a situation that has plagued the academy for years. Although African Americans or blacks were nominated and awarded awards, they were a minority.
African Americans who have won Oscars
About 60 African Americans have won Oscars in various categories.while a few others were honored with special Academy Awards, either for lifetime achievement or in recognition of other aspects of the industry or philanthropy.
From Hattie McDaniel to Will Smith, We share with you the African American winners at the Oscars:
Best Lead Actor
- 1964 – Sidney Poitier – “Lilies of the Field”
- 2002 – Denzel Washington – Training Day
- 2005 – Jamie Foxx – “Ray”
- 2007 – Forest Whitaker – “The Last King of Scotland”
- 2022 – Will Smith – “King Richard”
Best Leading Actress
- 2002 – Halle Berry – “Monster's Ball”
Best Supporting Actor
- 1983 – Louis Gossett Jr. – “An Officer and a Gentleman”
- 1990 – Denzel Washington – “Glory”
- 1997 – Cuba Gooding Jr. – in the movie “Jerry Maguire”.
- 2005 – Morgan Freeman – “Million Dollar Baby”
- 2017 and 2019 – Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight” and “Green Book”
- 2021 – Daniel Kaluuya – “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Best Supporting Actress
- 1940 – Hattie McDaniel – Gone with the Wind
- 1991 – Whoopi Goldberg – “Ghost”
- 2007 – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
- 2010 – Monique – “Precious”
- 2012 – Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
- 2014 – Lupita Nyong'o – “12 Years a Slave”
- 2017 – Viola Davis – “Fences”
- 2019 – Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- 2022 – Ariana DeBose – “West Side Story”
Best animated film
- 2019 – Peter Ramsay – “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Best costume design
- 2019 – Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther”
- 2023 – Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
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Best Feature Documentary Film
- 2013 – TJ Martin – “Undefeated”
- 2017 – Ezra Edelman – “OJ: Made in America”
- 2022 – Red “Questlove” Thompson – “Summer of the Soul (…or, When the Revolution Can't Be Televised)”
Best short documentary
- 2010 – Roger Ross Williams – “Music of Wisdom”
Best makeup and hairstyle
- 2021 – Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson – “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom”
Best soundtrack
- 1985 – Prince – “Purple Rain”
- 1987 – Herbie Hancock – “Round Midnight”
- 2021 – Jon Batiste – “Soul”
Best original song
- 1973 – Isaac Hayes – Theme from the film Shaft
- 1984 – Irene Cara – “Flashdance… What a Feeling” from “Flashdance”
- 1985 – Stevie Wonder – “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from “The Woman in Red”
- 1986 – Lionel Richie – “Say You, Tell Me” from “White Nights”
- 2006 – Fraser Boy, Juicy J, and DJ Paul – “It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from “Hustle & Flow”
- 2015 – Common and John Legend – “Glory” from the movie “Selma”
- 2021 – She, DeMille and Tiara Thomas – “I Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
the best movie
- 2014 – Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Best production design
- 2019 – Hannah Beachler – “Black Panther”
Best animated short film
- 2018 – Kobe Bryant – “Dear Basketball”
- 2020 – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Robert Tolliver – “Love Poetry”
Best live short film
- 2021 – Travon Frye – “Two Strangers Distant”
Better sound
- 1989 and 2007 – Willie D. Burton – “Bird” and “Dreamgirls”
- 1990 and 1991 – Russell Williams II – “Glory” and “Dances with Wolves”
Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2010 – Jeffrey Fletcher – “Precious”
- 2014 – John Ridley – “12 Years a Slave”
- 2017 – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney – “Moonlight”
- 2019 – Kevin Wilmot and Spike Lee – “BlacKkKlansman”
Best Original Screenplay
- 2018 – Jordan Peele – “Get Out”
Special prizes
- 1947 – James Baskett – Special Academy Award for the role of Uncle Remus in “Song of the South.”
- 1995 – Quincy Jones – Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 2001 – Sidney Poitier – Honorary Academy Award
- 2011 – James Earl Jones – Honorary Academy Award
- 2011 – Oprah Winfrey – Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 2014 – Harry Belafonte – Honorary Academy Award
- 2015 – Spike Lee – Honorary Academy Award
- 2017 – Charles Burnett – Honorary Academy Award
- 2018 – Cicely Tyson – Honorary Academy Award
- 2020 – Tyler Perry – Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 2021 – Danny Glover – Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 2021 – Samuel L. Jackson – Honorary Academy Award
- 2022 – Yuzhan Palci – Honorary Academy Award
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